Red String [h.s] (Completed)

Chapter 52

"On my tip toes
But I still couldn't reach your ego
Guess I was crazy to give you my body, my mind
Don't know what I was thinking too much
Everyone thinks that you're somebody else
You even convinced yourself"

Cuddling with legs and arms intertwined, Harry makes the decision to order room service. Amy wraps her arm around him, leaning into his side, as he sits up in bed with the hotel phone to his ear. When the food arrives, Harry brings the tray into the bed and they sit cross legged eating together.

Amy figures this is as good a time as any to tell him. She wipes her face and her hands with a napkin and then takes a deep breath.

"So, I have something to tell you," she begins.

Harry looks at her with concern on his face.

"No, it's not bad!" she reassures him. "I had applied to take this art course in Paris this summer, not thinking that they would actually accept me, and I just found out I got in!"

"What? Really? That's amazing!" Harry says excitedly.

"I know! I'm really excited! I always talked when I was younger about going to Paris and studying art and now I'm going to get to do it!"

"Babe, that's wonderful! What are the dates? Is it like a one week course or what?"

"That's the thing. It's a full semester so it's twelve weeks," she says and watches Harry's face drop. "It starts at the beginning of May and ends at the end of July."

"Okay," Harry says slowly, trying to process this new information. "And what about moving in together?"

"We can still move in together. I'll be done this gig in February. I have to be in New York for a little bit to meet the publisher and discuss the book, but otherwise I can move in as soon as I leave Tokyo."

Harry is trying to hide how much he hates this news. Another three months away from each other is incomprehensible to him. He wants nothing more than to be with her every day and she seems to not want the same thing. He can't help but think that there must be something wrong with him. Some way in which he is deficient and not meeting her needs. Why else would she want to be away from him?

Amy can't believe how good he is taking the news. She thought he would be angry and argue with her but he didn't. He looks a bit shell-shocked but it's a lot to take in. Harry is everything she ever wanted in a partner. She is so glad that she finally has someone who supports her fully in her career. Long-distance is hard but she'll travel back to their place in London on weekends and he can come visit her too. The time will fly by and then they'll be back in the same place again. She is excited for romantic weekends in Paris with Harry.

After cleaning up their food and having a shower together. Amy and Harry are back in bed. Harry's arm is around Amy and her head is on his bare chest. Her finger aimlessly runs along the pattern of the butterfly tattoo on his chest.

"Are you going to be able to make it to Tokyo for my birthday?" Harry asks.

"I'm trying to move some things around so I can be there. I have these meetings set up so if they let me move them then I'll leave early to come."

"It would mean a lot to me if you were there," Harry lays it on.

"I know, baby. I'm doing everything I can."

Amy doesn't like the guilt trip he is giving her at the moment. She would rather be celebrating with him than working but she has a contract to uphold.